Busy Monday

I received 2 calls 15 minutes before my alarm this morning from 2 clients. Way for a Monday to start.

Stopped by Post Office to pick up package that wouldn't fit in the mailbox on Saturday

I got to the office and got ready to make some calls that I was supposed to make. Had the first client come in. Nice lady, but seemed like she just wanted to vent. No biggie - but did find out that her husband has some Pro Photography experience and could take pro photos of us on Wednesday for the Ad

Tom came in as I was finishing up with the 1st client. I finished things up and went to him. He and I started talking about some personal stuff.

5 minutes into that meeting, client #2 walks in, talks for 5 minutes, leaves. I go back to Tom and discuss options for him

Spend an hour or so deciphering odd Paypal code. Tom makes packets.

I did some budget analyzing and found out that it costs us (figuratively) $13 to make an info packet. Whoa.

Tom left; I called/contacted most of the people on my list today

Responded to some emails, cleared up confusion in a contract, and graded an email

Ordered more ink for the business - $50 for each other, 2 standard blacks, and 1 XL black - not bad.

updated and re-printed a sign for the office (with hours and updated QR code)

All in all, it doesn't seem like a lot, but I've been going non-stop since I got here at 10:15.

And not to bore you with the finer details, here's the quick-and-dirty summary from last week:

My old phone was sick. I got a new one! YAY!

Kat, Keat and I played WhiteWolf on Saturday and Sunday

Had meeting with Shadow Dev staff on Monday, hired Kat on

Planned Developer Training for Shadow Dev

Working out the finer details of our Movie Night

Had to deal with the Copier missing the Scanning function - had a meeting with Allan and going to figure it out

Fixed a client's login/check issue - that took a while

Finally got ST:TNG Season 1 and 7 back on Netflix - now I can finish Season 1

My 2nd oldest sister and Dad stopped by on Friday - she is now in TN

Met wit 2 potential clients. Wish I was more professional

Finally got a response back from the Fox Carolina guys about the relationship. I was told to call another person. Here we go again

Had a major server outage on Friday for about an hour. I can honestly say IT WASN'T MY FAULT! Apparently, the server company had an issue with their main operations server and had to force a shutdown/restart. All details are at the Shadow Dev Blog

Fixed some issues with another client's site. Should be getting the final check soon

Watched the 4th Bleach Movie. It was really good.

Created a Site Reporter using Google's API. Now, I get daily reports telling me where Shadow Dev is in non-biased Google Rankings for our area

And of course, the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Still can't believe I was a freshmen in High School when that happened. My support goes to those in need.

That wraps up last week. And now for something completely different (but TOTALLY worth it):